The Sun. — London, England, 1864-08-19 00:00:00

lONEY MARKET! AND COMMEItCIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The excess of the sapply of capital in the open market over the demand for money has induced the brokers still further to lower their rates for accom modation. Notwithstanding this reduction, how■ ever, the public seem indisposed to negotiate their bills when a few days hence further concessions may be granted. The quotations for first class bills are per cent. The return issued by the Bank of England shows very satisfactory alterations. The discount business of the establishment has been reduced, and a conse quent fading off is exhibited in the other securities, lchile th© reserves of notes end bullion have been largely increased. Annexed are the particulars Active Circulation £21,027,495 Decrease .. SO 223,145 Bullion .. 12,725,759 Increase 115,834 Rest .. 3,67,,,310 Increase 22,041 Public Deposits • • 5,145,800 Increase 00 00 00 011 182,578 Other Deposits.. 13,950,446 Decrease .. ,69,320 Seven. Day and other Bills .. 526,614 Decrease .. 4,030 Government Securities .. 10,897, 0 9 5 Decrease .. 200,000 Other Securities .. 20,600,841 Decrease .. .. .. 507,710 Notes Unemployed .. 5,566,065 Increase .. .. 342,340 The Council of the Bank of France have been ene.bled this week to show every favourable balance eheet. The commercial bills representing the dis count business of the establishment have been reduced by £2.53,300, the advances by £20,000, the Bank no:es in circulation by £520,000, and the Current accounts by £364,400, while an addition bas been made of £146,700 to the bullion, and of £136,000 to the Treasury balances. Tnere were no bullion operations at the Bank yesterday. During the last few days there has been rather More activity in the markets for foreign and colo nial produce. Sugars have been dealt in to some extent at enhanced rates. Coffee has been in fair demand at steady prices, but the public sales of tea have proceeded without animation at about previous quotations. In the Tallow Market business has been rather dull for both present and forward delivery. Two o'CLocii. At Paris this day, according to Mr. Reuter's telegram, the French 3 per Cents. were 66t, 450. Heavy. The market for English Stocks has exhibited symptoms of weakness, and a fall in the Funds of per cent. has ensued. Hardly any business has bzen in progress today, and the decline in prices is attributable rather to this than to any other cir cumstance. Console are 89 i t for money, and 891 for the account. General heaviness has prevailed in the Foreign Market, and business is very quiet. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 694 70; do. Consolides, 504 a ; Mexican, 28a 4 ; Greek, 231 4; Spanish Passive, 301 Y ; do. Certificates, 124 ; Portuguese, 471 ; Russian, 8614; and the Confederate Loan, 79 80. The dealings in the Railway Share Market have been restricted, and prices have shown increased reduct on. South Eastern have declined Great Northern A Stock, and Metropolitan, each 10s., and Great Western and Midland, each ss. The Foreign and Colonial lines continue inactive at:former quotations. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares continue dull without material alterations as regards prices. Aberaman Iron Works are quoted f, lk prem.; London Engineering, 11 2 prem. ; Natal Invest ment, t . 1,1, prem. ; and Maritime Credit, 11 prem. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. GOVERNMENT FENDS. 3 per Cent. Consols Do Account, Aug. 8 per Cent. Reduced New 3 per Cent New 2} per Cent. Jan. 1894 Do 5 per Cent., Jan. 1873 los} A.tuaumes, 30 yrs, expire ath Jan., 1880 — Do for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 — Mtach. June. Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 & 31 per Cent. Do £SOO Do £lOO and £2OO Bank England SIR, 5} per Ct. ... 25 Do Account.. INDIC , / GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. India Stock, 1011 per Cent., April 1874.... 211 10 13 10 Do Account — Do 5 per Cent. July, 167 U . _ . Do Account — Do 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do Certificates Do Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent . • ---- Do 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 — Do 5,',- per Cent., May, 1879 Do 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 D. boucle .61MA) Do under £l,OOO •••• FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent — Brazilian 5 per Cent Do 45 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do 1863 . - Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent — 'Lilian 6 per Cent... Colombian 6 per Cent — Cuba, 6 per Cent. Do 5 per Cent. 1864 Rquador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Do, Provisonal Land Warrant — Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 Do 5 per Cent, 1864 Egyptian 7 per Cent.. — Do, Second Issue - Greek 5 per Cent., 1821-5, ex-Coupons — Do Account Do Coupons Do Account Guatemala 5 per Cent. Do 1839 and 1859 ....... Italian 5 per Cen.t.(Maremmana Railway) 1 4 .lexican 3 per Cent Do Account Do 1864 Do French Scrip, Ex. 26f 20c Do 6 per Cen'. Anglo-French Ditto Scrip, £23 paid Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada..... „_ Do 2 per Cent. Do Deterred — Do Land Warrants (Hectares) .. — Do Debentures, 4 per Ct., April 1864 — Do do Aug., 1866 — Pernvign 41 per Gent .. Do 3 per Cent. (TUribarren).. Do 44 per Cent., 1862 Do Account.... Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Do Account... - Do 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62,'3.. Do Account.... Ruesian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St — Do 4i per Cent., 1850 .. Do 1860 Do 3 per Cent 1359 - Do 5 per Cent, 1862 Do Anglo-Dutch • • ..... Do Scrip, £4O paid Sarlinian 0 per Cent — Do Account Spanish 3 per Cent ... Do Account Do New Deferred .. Do Account ....... ....... Do Passive .. ... , — Do Account... 3O/ i Spanish Cert. of Cool) not funded Do Account .......... Swedish, 4 per Cer .t......... Do Scrip, £6O I aid........ — pm Turkish 6 per C' ant. 1854 — Do Account. Do 6 per Cer At. 18a8 ....... Do Account Do £l o ' l / 4 ) Ponds ............ Do 6 per Cent. 1862 ~,Do Ac' A i ;cunt .. 69 " 0 £1 JO Bonds . --- Do 1863 Do `Jaarar.teed, 4 per C0nt..... -- v , e'" .ezueia 3 per Cent. Do Account -- DO 6 per Cent., 1852 .• • Do Account Do Scrip £45 paid Do 15 per Cent Dividends on the above pay a.ble in London Austrian, 6 per Cent., Ex. 10 1 Urine. Do Account .. Belgian 41 per Cent., Ex. 25f... — Dutch 2) per Cent. Ex. 12 Gull ......... Do 4 p er C en t. Certificates .. ...... .. Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 2 ,5 frf.nce.. Do A.cc.ount ... French Rentes, '2 per Cent."... Fenivian Dollar Bonds, 41 per C t.Ex. 4s. P ielmontese, 5 per Cent., Ex. '2sf — TWO O'CLOCK. Consols Money ...... • • 89i Do Account • Liverpool Cott( z Market—This Day, thrlzet dull ar 4( 1 irregular in prices. Sales ProbOly 5,000 or , 6,009 Wee. ;7, THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 19, 1864. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. London and North-Western Railway. MEETING THIS DAY. The half-yearly general meeting of the shareholders in this company was held this afternoon at the station, Easton• square, Mr R. Moon, the chairman of the Board of Direc tors, presiding. The CHAIBMAN, without any preliminary remarks, moved the adoption of the report, the principal portions of which have been published. Mr WESTIIHAD seconded the motion. Mr R. H. PALMER called attention to the extensions which were being made by the Midland Company, and which he thought would lead to serious competition. He wished to ask whether any arrangements had teen made wish the Midland Company for the transmission of Northern traffic over the North-Western Railway, and whether the scandalous arrangements now in force at Lei cester and Rugby could be obviated. Mr MoRGAN congratulated :he company on the policy adopted by the board. When they adopted a policy of competition they caused a vast amount of unprofitable traffic. They were now working with the Great Northern, the Great Western, and the Midland. He understood the board were about to guarantee 4 per cent. in perpetuity to the Bedford anti Cambridge Company. He should like to know on what amount of capital the guarantee was to be given. Mr TAYLOR thougbt the Midland Company's high dividend wudid not long prevail, and hoped the North Western Company would not be driven into competition. The CHAIRMAN said the directors were on friendly terms, with the Alialand Company and negotiations were in progress with them. He could not promise that there would be any reduction of the company's expenses, for, while the Government pursued its present plan of allowing everybody wh i pleased to rob them of their traffic, they must seek traffic elsewhere, and provide additional accom modation. With regard to the Bedford and Cambridge guarantee, he might say that arrangement between the companies was of long standing. The capital was about £240,000, of which the North Western Company held .bout £70,000. That company had received frum 4to 41 per cent., and it was thought advisable to convert it into a perpetual 4 per cent. guarantee. The report was then adopted unanimously. A dividend was then declared for the past half-year at the lt rate was s o cent, 117.084 14s lod. t i at s e l d t p h e a r t Teraryery,itiofg forward a balance of Liverpool. one of the auditors, had undertaken to build a church and schools at Stafford mainly for the benefit of the company's workpeople. . . . . . Some formal business having been transacted, the meeting was brought to a close by a vote of thanks to the c hairman and directors, the whole p rocee dings having occupied less than half an hour. MARKETS—This Day. MARK-LANE. Fresh up to our market to-day the arrivals of home grown wheat, both old and new, were but moderate. The rade, however, was in a sluggish state, at the recent fall in prices. New red wheat was quoted at 41a to 445, white 43s to 475, and Talavera 4'3s to 522 per quarter. There was a fair supply of foreign wheat on the stands. In most descriptions a limited business was transacted at the rates current on Monday. Floating cargoes of grain were in slow request at about previous rates. Barley—the supply of which on sale was but moderate — met a slow inquiry on former terms. The malt trade was quiet at Monday's quotations. The market was well supplied with oats. Most qualities were in fair average request at late rates. Beans and peas ruled firm at late currencies. In flour, a limited business was transacted, at about stationary prices. ARRIVALS THIS WEER. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. English 660 760 60 450 Irish eoreign 3,750 2, 960 39,570 3,840 brls. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD RACES-THURSDAY. Although one or two of the bookma'ers protested in loud terms against the running of Pupil in the fiat race, they subsequently plied their avocation with their usual industry ; the denouncement of the County Members' Plate haying been "a ramp and a robbery" by one influential bookmaker, and the favourite's defeat in the next race established confidence in the ring, and the Ebor Handicap betting underwent fur ther extraordinary changes. Fine weather continuing, the attendance• was unusually numerous, that industrious craft, the card she rpers, lining the way to Port Meadows in the hopes or finding fiats at the seat of learning. Before the races commenced East Lancashire was made favourite for the Ebor Handicap. At first Bto I, then 7to 1, and finally 5 to 1 was taken about him for that event, whilst Welcome went cut of favettr 10 to 1; Raglan, at offers of 4to 1, finding but few supponers. The Higbflyer's dam colt had backers at 100 to 15, though he at one time looked some what fiehy. The racing:. which will be found amply detailed below, was only productive of passing incidents. The prin cipal event of the day, th., , Oxfordshire Stakes, was ‘voa easily by the Whitewall filly Finesse, sister to Ace of Clubs. Subjoined are full details of the running:— The County Members' Plate of S 0 soya, added to a Handi cap Sweepstakes of 3 soya each; winners extra. Three quarters of a mile. Capt. Christie's The Warrior, 3 yrs, 7st.. (J. Grimshaw) 1 Mr J. Wood's Pupil, 5 yrs, 7st 41b (Warrin g ton) 2 Mr J. Coney's Bonnie Glen. 3 yrs, 6.st 101 b.. (H. Covey) 3 Mr T. Robinson's Lady di Vergy, 3 yrs, 6st 2,b.. (Page) 4 Mr T. Golby's Resurgam, 2 yrs, bet 71b (H. Cla , k) 6 Betting-5 to 2on The Warrior, 11 to 2 agst Bonnie Glen, 10 to 1 bar two, 25 to 1 offered agst Pupil. Resurgam jumped away in front, followed by Bonnie Glen, Pupil, and The Warrior for a quarter of a mile, when Resurgam gave way, and The Warrior waited upon Bonnie Glen and Pupil to the distance, where he without difficulty took up the running and won by a length and a half—a neck separated second and third—Lady di Vergy close up. The Prince of Wales's Stakes of 50 says, added to a Sweep stakes of 6 soya each, for 2-yr•olds; colts, Bst 101 b ; fillies, Bst 71b; certain penalties and allowances. Straight half-mile. Mr S. Smith's Sympathy, Bst 2lb . (Clement) 1 Captain Christie's Anti-Maoassar, 94t 31b (inclu 71b ex) (F. Adams) 2 Mr Saxon's Brown Doe, Bst 41b (II. Sharp) 3 Sir C. Rusho'et's Canute, Bst 71b (Pearson) 4 Mr Dark's Whitely f, Bst 71b ........ (Maidment) 5 Betting-2 to lon Anti-Macassar, 3to 1 agst Sympathy, 10 to 1 aget any other. Anti-Macassar jumped away in front, but was almost immediately passed by Sympathy, who carried on the run ning at her best pace until opposite the stand, where Anti- Macassar got in front. In the last half-dozen stride', how ever, Sympathy came again, and Anti-Macassar faltering momentarily under the weight, was beaten in the last stride by a short head—a bad third. The Port Meadow Plate of 100 Boys, a handicap for all ages; winners extra. Five furlongs straight. Lord Chesterfield's Black Lily, 6 yrs, 7st 91b (T. French) 1 Mr Cherry's Birdfinder. 4 yrs, Bst 6lb Lord Bateman's Gipsy Girl, 4 yrs, 7st 81b (J. Grimshaw) 3 The following also ran :—Bolero, Land of the Wee, Countersign, Guardsman, Zara, Arcus, Starbeam, .Etna, Lady Fanny Cavendish, and IVerthless. Betting-5 to 2 agst Birdfinder, 4to 1 agst "'Etna, 6to 1 agst Black Lily, 8 to 1 agst Zara, 10 to Leach agst Gipsy Girl and Bolero, 100 to 8 agst Starbeam. Immediately the flag fell, Gipsy Girl got away with a clear lead, her nearest attendants being Zara, .Etna, Bird finder, Starbeami and Worthless. Black Lily, " shut out" at the start, gradually got to the front, and at the die ance joined Gipsy Girl, whom she headed opposite the stand, and after a splendid race, won by a head; four lengths separated the second and thin]. Worthless was fourth, !Etna fifth, and Zara sixth. Lady Fanny Caven dish and Arcus were the last two. The Selling Plate of 50 soya, for all ages ; selling allow ances. Half a mile. Mr J. Coney's Bonnie Glen, 3 yrs (L3O), 7st 21b (Loates) 1 Mr Saxon's Romola, 2 yrs (£3O), sst 71b (J. Grimshaw) 2 Mr George Angell's Muftis, 2 yrs (ED), .sst 7th (Barker) 3 The following also ran;—May, Trotty, Fanny Seaton, Regenerator. Batting-2 to 1 agst Bonnie Glen, sto 2 agst Medicis, 6 to 1 apt May, 7 to 1 agst Romola. The latter made play to the stand, whore Bonnie Glen, who had been lying second, closed up, and won in the last dozen strides by a neck ; three lengths between second and third. Regenerator was fourth, Fanny Seaton fifth, Trotty sixth, and May last. The winner was bought by Mr ii. Goater for 143 guineas. The Oxfordshire Stakes (Handicap) of 100 says, added to a Sweepstakes of 15 sov:. each, 10 it, and 5 only if declared, &0., winners extra. Two miles. Lord Annesley's Finesse, 3 yrs, 6st (J. Grimshaw) 1 Mr John Day's Tenerifro, 3 yrs, jet 31b (Deacon) 2 Mr J. B. Morris's Barham, 6 yrs, Set 21b....(Fordham) 3 Tippler and Jeannette also ran. Betting-7 to 1 agst Finesse, 2to 1 apt Teneriffe, sto 1 eacl agst Balham and Jeannette, 20 to 1 offered agst Tippler. The latter made play with a clear lead of Teneriffe (for whom he was startsa to make running) for nearly a mile, when John Day's light weight went to the front, and Finesse, who had been lying off fourth, passed Balham and took third place. Half a mile from home the Tippler's mission was ended, whereupon Balham and Finesse joined Teneriffe. Approaching the distance Baltiam, however, was beaten, and the other two raced in close company until opposite the stand, where Finesse rushed to the front and won easily by two lengths; Balham a bad third, the other two trotted in, Tippler being last. The Freemen's Plate, of 30 sovs, added to a Sweepstakes of 3 sovs each, for all ages ; winners extra. One mile. Mr W. Holman's Manchester, 4 yrs, fist .. (J. Holman) 1 Mr E. Brayley's Pelios, 3 yrs, 7st ..(Cannon) 2 Mr Rochester's Alea, 3 yrs, Gst 91b (Barker) 3 Mr Reldiff's Bianca filly, 3 yrs, 6st 51b •.... (Holland) 4 Betting-3 to lon Manchester, 7to 2 agst Pelios. Manchester made play throughout, and won in a canter by four lengths, half that distance separating the second and third ; the Bianca filly beaten off. LATEST BETTING. GREAT EBOR HANDICAP. 9 to 2 agst Raglan (taken) sto 1 agst Last Lancashire (taken) 100 to 15 agst Higbflyer's dam colt (taken) 10 to 1 agst Welcome (offered) BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—YESTERDAY. There was a good attendance at the rooms to-day, but business was of a limited character. There was no feature worth special notice, with the exception of the revival of B >at Lancashire for the Et,or Handicap. Closing prices:— EBOR HA NDIcAr. sto 1 agst Raglan (taken) sto 1 agst Highflyer dam colt (taken) 6to 1 agst East Lancashire (taken and wanted) 100 to 15 agat Welcome (taken) 8 to 1 agat Caller Ou (offered) DONCASTER ST. LEGER. 2t3 1 agat Blair Athol (offered) 10 to 1 agat B4ragh (taken and offered) 100 to 8 eget Claremont (offered—take 14 to 1) 20 to 1 agat Ely (offered) -is.—Jaly26, Contract, out of Findon Stakes SCRITC,IIOI, 11, at 155 p.m. Raglan, out of Berkshire Goodwood. Avg. . - n.m. Gibraltar, out of Egham and Stakes, Reading-4,1 b , all en , Girl, out of - Dover engagements —Gi9 , Il 6 ) gagements at e Egham—and Gardener. off! of . _ngagements at Exeter. Aug. 13, at 9 a.m. Lord Warderga, 'e, out of Baron Stakes, Egham, and Oxford Nursery—bt 19 A.. Retainer Retainer, out of Belem engagements —at 12 40 p.m. .. i?, ntorious, o ut of Oxford engagements—ate lO p.m. Reindere and Simple Maid, out of Egham enggements—at 510 p.m. Lytham a nd Waterloo, out of all handicaps for which wt. ;gilts h a ve appeared. Aug. 15, at 9 a.m. Sluggard, out of a.: l engagements in 1864—a1l Lord Portsmouth . L 's horses ou t of York engagements, 1864 a — a-y Clikles and Colonel Crockett, out of Oxford engagements— Tarragona, out of Egham and Oxford engagements—Duke of Cambridge, out of all engagements—Ratcatcher and Ratcatcher's Daughter, out of all engagements, 1864 Regina, out of Betting Stand and Town Plate at Eghana— all Mr Cartwright's horses, out of Oxford handicaps— Vigilant eavel Aristocrat, out of Straton Audley N ursery — Under the Claud, out of Oxford engagements—at 410 p.m. all Mr Robinson's horses, out of Egham engagements. August 16, at 9 a,m. Littlecote, out of Orford engag eme nts Cedric, out of Oxford Nursury—Light, out of Egham and Oxford engagements—Wild Boy, out of all engagements, 1864 —Indigestion and Nightwatch, out of York engage ments —all Mr H. Melville's horses, out of Stockton en gagements—at 10 45 a.m. Hymetus, out of Ebor H an di cap at 4 p.m. all Mr Samuel's horses, except Tilt, out of Ox- I ford engagements. RACING FIXTURES FOR 1864. AUGUST. York Augu5t......... 2E ( Devon and Exeter .. so P l ymo uth ............ 23 `Derb y S toc ktcn Lichfield ............•• 29 SEPT: Dizre. Weymouth ............ 1 Baden-Baden ........ 1 Warwick September.... 6 :Bridgwater ............ 8 L e tooter.• ............ 8 13 Mucous ............ OCT B. coon •• 19 Richmond Royal Caledonian Hunt 21 Monmouth 22 Meneheater Autumn wmarliet FiratOctobot 27 Bedford .............. 4 Edinburgh and Lothians Club. .. ......... 6 Newmarket Second Oct. 10 Novz: Lincoln Kelso ....... Gloucester Newmarket Houg on 24 154nk. Worcester Autumn 'webury Autumn .. 14 Leamingtou &War. Hunt 22 Sure SH. SEPTEMB.ER. Caragh 6, 7, 8 OCTOBBII. parragh .4 ,g. . 18,19, 20 MARLBOROUGH-STREET. CRVELLY FLOGGING A HORSE.—Richard Roberts, a draymau in the employ of Messrs. Huggins, brewers, of Broad street, Golden-Square, was charged before Mr Knox with unmercifully and cruelly flogging a horse. Mr Praetor, hairdresser, 65, Haymarket, saw the prisoner driving two horses attached to a heavily laden dray in the Haymarket. The prisoner set to flogging the leading horse with great and uncalled for severity, and Mr Praetor, con sidering the prisoner's conduct very brutal, went to the office of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Pall Mall, and saw Mr Colam, the secretary, who sent two of the officers to the Haymarket, when they found the horse covered with weals, in a very distressed state sweating to such an extent that water was dr;pping on the stones. The prisoner was taken into custody. Hasemer, ono of the society's officers, said the horse was not in a fit condition to do any kind of work, it being ill. On calling the prisoner's attention to the horse, he sa d he was obliged to take it out. The prisoner called two witnesses, who said the horse was not severely floggei, and the prisoner said that if the horse was examined no weds would be found on it. Mr Knox said, as for there being no weals left on the horse, he well knew what a sponge and warm water could do in the way of getting rid of them. He believed the evi dence of Mr Praetor and the officers, and should fine the prisoner 20s or 14 days. UNPROVOKED ASSAULT BY A CAPTAIN'S SERVANT.— Joseph Stannard, a tall powerfully-built young man, a private in the Scots Fusiliers, acting as servant to a captain residing at 54, Curzon-street, was charged before Mr Knox with assaulting Joseph Burrell, 124 C. Burrell said that about 2 o'clock that morning he was trying the doors in Curzon-street, and when he came to No. 54 he found a key in the lock. He was about to ring the bell, when the prisoner walked up to him, and, making use of an oath, knocked him down, bruising his face and his hand very much. A. gentleman came up to th e ho r t ;: g a : the time, whom the prisoner said was Captain S cehis n . aster, and he informed the gentleman why he a hi s st :rvant into custody. was taking Mr Knox said he had no reason to doubt the constable was harmlessly doing hit; duty when the prisoner knocked him down. The prisoner said the constable must have seen him standing near the door at the time the key was in it. The constable said the prisoner was half way down the street talking to a female. The prisoner said he was in the Scots Fusilier Guards, and wanted to get back to his regiment. Mr Knox fined 12,m 40s, or 14 days in default. THAMES, DRUNK AND MAD.—Cornelius Leary, an elderly Irish man, was brought before Mr Paget charged with being drunk and disorderly. Joseph Halliday, police constable No. 329 K, said that yesterday afternoon, at half-past five o'clock, the prisoner, was swearing, hallooing, and raving in the Mile-end-road, near the turnpike gate, The prisoner said he had been in the army,and had killed a great many men in his time, ana intended to kill a few more. The prisoner challenged e great many persons to fight, and they only laughed at him. The prisoner then challenged all the cabmen on the cab rank and the attendant waterman to fight, and behaved so outrageously that he was obliged to take him into custody. William Frederick Girling. a hackney carriage attendant, said the prisoner attempted to pull the wheels off the cabe on the rank, and made a dash with his body against flit- Mile-end tollhouse, which withstood the shock. The pri soner then intertered with the horses on the cab rank, pied his coat and hat off , and chal l eng ed him to fi g ht. Tee prisoner at last went into the middle of the road and shouted, and was taken into custody. Inspector Griffiu ; of the K division, said the prisoner was a pensioner, and had been a hackney carriage attendant, but he was dismissed for drunkenness, and was a very in. temperate man. The prisoner was in the Mile-End-road for several hours yesterday and made a great disturbance. Mr Paget fined the prisoner 108, and in default 7 days imprisonment. WESTMINSTER. stook 110 i 20 Lou 100 stook stook stock 20 stock atook stock stock 1021 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SILO ILITI - ran.ciov. p.c.Ja. &Jai) 1877-51 .* . ........ 100 96 09 961 Do. ap. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 co 91 I D 0.5 p. o.Mar.& Sept. 100 98 102 I Do. 6p. o. Jan.&July. 10i 84 86 Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 84 86 Cape G. Hope, 6p c. 1870 10d 104 106 Do.Ap & Oct. 188( 100 107 109 Do. 1890 10( IcB 10 - Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. lOU 106 108 Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 1.0 t• IV) 112 Mauritius 6 per cent .. 100 103 105 !Natal Gov. 6 per cent.. 110 107 -. N. B.Gov. 6 p.c. J a.&J ul) 100 97 100 vc). 6p. o.Ap. & Om. 100 N. S.W. G ov. 5 p 3., 18,, 100 96 08 Du. sp. e.,18t. to 1 . .,( 100 96 98 Do. d0.,1888 &upwds 100 96 98 974 New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 - ova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. sterling, 1875. lOO 99 102 ;Queensland Gev. 6p. a. 100 101 104 Aus G6p.c.1678.& up.. 100 105 107 _ 6 p.o. Ja.&July 100 - Do. to 6 p.o. An..tOot.. 100 (084 1094 10r1 -------- BRITISH MINES. 2 ) Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 1 id ;Mord Amalgamated 30 32 Devon G. Con.. (Tavist ) 1 500 600 Mast Bassett (Illogan) 80 08 70 I East Clogau Gold Ltd - !East Caradon 1.14.8 276 284 i , :ast Cam Brea.... . 13.4.0 8 84 j if.. W'lltuesci (Tavistk 8.13.1 5 54 - ;Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen 98; 5 7 IG . eat South Tolgus l7s 2 24 - (1. Wheal Vor (Lielston 10 27 29 -"% !Grenville .. Herd's-Foot 8.1•: 88 40 iiingston Downs 4.18.0 3 1 44 Lady Bertha Margaret (Cny Lelan' ii 8 10 - arke Valley.. Illyndy Iron Ore (Lim 1 14 IC. New Setun ll 75 85 —• North Downs 3 14 N. '1 Basset (111o4an 3.1.0 24 3 North Wheal Crotty Par Consols (St. Blazey - Providence(Uny Lelnt. 10.0. , 4') 42 'South Caradon(St.Cleer 13 480 500 .3. Cam Brea (Illegan) — -7. Wheal Fran. (Mogan 18.18.9 424 971 - !Stray Park ramar Silv.& Lead Min, - rin Croft 9 )8 19 West Basset (Mogan) l4 9 10 W C.) radon (Liskeard) 9 12 14 West Seton 1 Wheat Basset (Mogan, 54 02 85 Wheal Buller(Redruth, 10 sl) 25 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant; 2.0.6 WhealLudt ott Wheal Mary Ann (Men ) 8 14 16 Wheal aeton 684 I 210 215 1W heal Tretawney (Lis ) 7 19 21 tyhei,l Union 4 14 2 PREFERENCE SHARES Great N'orthern, 5 per cent.. red. at 5 per cent. pm., 106} North Eastern, York, H. and Selby purchase, 10} LINES LEASED Ar FIXED RENTALS. London and Chatham, 4a per Cent., Ditto, Com. Fund Eto,:k. 5 per cent., 09 FOREIGN ttAIL WA YS. Sambre and Mao, 7} San Faulo (lim.), qua. 7 per cent., 91 10 Ditto, (all,, I{e, B4NIiS. Alliance (11m.). 61 3 Ditto, new, 581 Bank of Egypt, 281 Bank of London. 165 Chartered 4er. of India, London, and China, 6i Consolidated Bank, Um., 11/ English, Scotch, and Australian Chartered. 21 European Bank, Um., 14 Imocrial Bank of :.;hina, India, and Japan, lim., 64 imperial Ottoman, 171 London B .nk of Alexi o and S. America, Urn., 61 1 London Bank of Scotland, lira., 16 London, Buenos Ayres, and River Plate, Ditto (Z 81 1 London and County, 74i 3 London Joint Stock, 4 sf) London and South- Western, 231 Mercantile and Exchange. lim.. 181 Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, lira., 25 1 Oriental Bank Corporation. 5-$ Seinde, Punjaub, and Delhi, lira., 12! South E stern, lira., 9 , Union of London, 54 3 1. DOCKS. London and St. Katharine, 71 MIS cEL,T,ANEOUS. City Offices, Um., 41 Commercial Union, Insurance. 81 Consolidated Discount, lim. , 78 Credit Fonder of Mauritius,linujBl Credit r, 121 Crystal Palace, 6 per ceiut perpetl. deb. 112 East Indian Financi4l, lira.. 5 East India Irrigation and Canal, 41 Egyptian Corn. and Trading, Lim., 31 • Financial Corp"..or , 'cion, 1 Gen. Credit an 4, Finance of London, lira Hudson's B:,y, ie Financial society, 91 !Count, lira., 7 rt d n'd Securities, ttc°kuapl i.ondon Financial Association. lira., 251 National Discount Company, lira., 1 Oriental CommeraaL lira., Peninsula and Oriental Stearn, 801 Smith, Knight, and Co., Sm., 48 Societe Finauoiere d'Egypte, lira., 5 The Russian journals speak of a violent fire which took place in the evening of the 13th ult. at Oren. bourg, near the Ural mountains. In a few hours the Stara Slavadka, or old town, was completely destroyed. The fire commenced at about six in the evening, and by ten it had extended over an extent of four E quart) kilometres. Th. flames burnt down morn than 800 houses, and more than 1,000 families are entirely ruined, VIOLENT ATTACK WITH A POKER.—Michael Murray was placed at the bar charged with feloniously assaulting and wounding John Jenkins. Prosecutor, whose head was covered with linen cloth, said that he lived at 7, Dacre• street, Westminster. At halt past 8 last night he returned home, and had just entered the street door, when he was felled to the ground by a blow on the head by the prisoner. He then became in sensiblq, and was conveyed to the hospital. Mr Arnold asked what prosecutor knew of the pri 1 Boner. Prosecutor said that they both lived in the same house, I the pi.isoner occupyiug an upstairs room, and the prosecu ,00 tor one th,- low. £lr Arnold— -What did he say to you before he struel: you? Prosecutor—Nothing; .I had had no words with him. .tious, with a view of ascer Mr Arnold put several queb between them, when it taming what diff,rence had existeu . appeared that they had long been on L.':9 terms, although no recent quarrel seemed to have taken p l a: e* prosecutor James Joyce, 261 B, said that h e found the and ,:ok hiro bleeding, profusely from a wound on th e bead, to the hospital, He also app rehended the prisoner, why had been drinking, and took him to the station. The poker was produood, and Was certainly a most formidable instrument, Pt isoner told a long, rambling story, and put some ques tions to the prosecutor, the ttnewera to which did not eervr him. 97/ I PripOur was remanded. THE EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE OF ATTEMPTING TO DROWN AN OLD ALAN.--Edward H.ari;:•r, 29, i o Yerk.etreet, Hackney, cabinetmaker, William Mansf ed. 28, of Spencer. street, Shoreditch, and John Le mars, 31, of York-street, Hackney, carvers, were on Wednesday charged at Worship.strset Police-court with &sleuth ing and nearly drowning Mr Meredith, chemist, residing in Leonard. street, Shoreditch. Henry Heeling and Jame: Ellis, two bricklayers, stated that while bathing in Sir George Duckett'a Canal, at Hackney Wick, between 6 and 7 on the preceding evening, they happened to look round, and saw Harper and Leonard, one in the water and the other close to it, on the towing- path. They were bolding a handkerchief which was extended be t ween them. An elderly man, the complainant , was standing on the bank, dressed, and looking on at the time. The prisoners suddenly dropped the handkerchief, and the prisoner who was on the bank pushea ilr Mere dith into the canal, there 7ft or Bft deep; Harper jumped in upon him, and, placing his two hands upon his shoulders, h e and the other prisoner forced him down iato the water and held him there for some time. His head was six or seven inches below the surface. The witnesses called out that it was shameful to treat an old man in that way, and swam towards them, on which the two prisoners challenged them to fight them, and got out of the canal laughing, leavieg the complainant in it. He was in the water altogether about ten minutes. Ellis tried to lift him out, but conic not, on which Harting got on to the towing path, and lean ing over, grasped him, first by the hair and then by the collar, and so pulled him out, insensible. He was carried to a neighbouring public-house, where Mansfield wrung out his wet clothes, and the others offered him drink " to square it." Three railway labourers who were present were so in dignant at the men's conduct that they gave them a good thrashing. They cut the lip through of one and blackened tae eye of the other, and drove them out of the house. Harmer, 166 N, said while on duty there with another con stable iu plain clothes, ne saw the prisoners run past him, followed by a mob of about 60 persons, who were pelting them with brickbats and stones, and shouting to the witness to stop them. He and the other constable pursued, cap tured, and handcuffed Harper and Leonard. Manefiela followed them. He took them back to the public-house, where they found the complainant insensible, in which state he remained for half an hour, and they were obliged to fetch medical assistance to him. All the prisoners appeared to him to b. sober, but one et them became ill Itt the cells in consequence of the rough usage he had received from the mob- The complainant's account of the affair was very in complete. He had met Harper and Leonard, whom he had known before and professionally aesister4 at a public house, where they remained some time; they told hint they waateu to bathe and asked hires to take tare of their clothes. This he was doing When one of them, bat he did not know which, came behind him, pushed him into the canal, and held him down under the water tilt he hecattle ihsensible, and he mu , t have been drowned but for the first witness's assistance. He did not wish to press the charge wilt, severity, as he knew the prisoners, but he had aiso lust from 12s to 14s, which he could ill afford, as although a year since he was in very good circutustanbes, he had lately become much impoverished. Mr Graves, ler the defence, was instructed that the whole was the iesult cl pun , accident, caused by the handkerchief slipping out of the pri• Boners' hang,, and urged the improbability of their iliten fior;&ly injuring a man whom they knew, and ugamstwhona they could have no malice or lud feeling of any kind. Lie irea meat they had also received from the mob was so very severe that he hoped it would be taken into considera tion. Mr Ellison (the magi trate) could not see that it was an accident, but he did nut think, from the evidence, so much mischief was intended as had resulted from it. It appeared to him to be one of those stupid practical jokes some people were prone to, and which should not be allowed to escape same punishment. Mansfield seemed to have had but little to do with it, and he might be discharged, but he should sentence the other priscners to a penalty of 20s, or in default to a fortnight's imprisonment in the House of Correction. REPRESENTATION OF WESTMINSTER.--A move ment is said to be on foot in Westminster for the purpose of securing the return of Sir John Rumilly, the master ca the Rolls, as member for the City of Westminster at the next general election. Some time ago Sir De Lacy Evans stated that he did not intend staueing tor the city again. but since that he has intimated his intention of coming for ward. The Master of the Rolls is the only judge who is at liberty' to f,;.014 a teat in the Home of Commons. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. The supply of meat on sale at these markets is but moderate. The trade for most descriptions is steady, at full prices. Per 81b. by the carcase. ailed inferior beef .. 3 0 3 4 diddling do. .. 3 6 3 8 Prime large do. 3 10 4 0 Jo. small do. .. 4 2 4 4 uarge pork .... 3 4 4 0 Inferior mutton. 3 10 4 2 a did Middling mutton 4 4 4 8 Prime do .. 4 8 4 lu Veal Small pork 4 2 4 6 uarob BOROUGH HOP. The market seems to be scantily supplied with all kinds of hops. The accounts from the plantations are less favour- Ale, and the trade for last year's produce rules firm, at quite previous rates. Old hops, however, are a dull in quiry, and prices rule next to nominal. COLONIAL. TEA.—The public sales of China have proceeded withou any moderate change as regards prices. Suamt.—Business has been active, and further advance has taken place in the value of West India. In the refilled market full rates are also current, common lumps being quoted 48s. to 495. per cent. COFFEE.—A moderate amount of business has been done Plantation Ceylon at steady quotations; other qualities twheenr :le C i n Es e . . . n g 0 1 e e c , : t e ., d a n . ge to report in prices. —Only a limited bu s i ness has been transacted, and TALLOW._ TL e market h as co ntinued very dull, P.Y.C. on the spot is quotes 41s. 61., and last three months delivery 435, 6d. per cent. The detective officer who :ailed from Liverpool in the steamship City of Manchester;; in pursuit of FraEz Muller, the alleged murde rer o f M r Brigjst has arrived at :stew York. The ship Victoria, b y w hi c h Muller was a P had not arrived ou t u p to the latest .advices, so t zprehension of the accused may be rega:cled a certainty. as chat a' 8 the lgsta the pu rpose Loss OF TIIREA FISEIERMEN AT GREAT YAE.- mourg,—EArly on Monday, a sma ll crab-boat a carrying e n';:' a left Cromer with seven hands for Y a rmouth ; ose of joining a fishing - boat about be i ng fitted out for the N or th Sea herring voyage. All wen t well until the arrival of the small craft at the mouth ou foril only , of the harbou r. There was a stiff b reeze from the north ea st at the time, and in rounding t he north buo y a , u an a ii c ,:ipt was made to lower the sail, which, however, jibbed, and the boat instantly heeled over and capsized, dubmerg lug the Crew. Pour of the men at once rose to the surface, and were enCbled to sustain thentselves until they were rescued by anoth e " boat; but three poor fellows— Allen, a married man, h e ween 30 and 40 years of age; I Btogg, about 40, also married ' - . an d Grant, a young man I ,030 .,i: 20—were not ag a i n seen. They all belonged to Cromer. TUB ECCLEB' FIND OP SILVER PENNIO —l n the no tice of this find, in our publication of Tuesday last 4 it was stated that of 1,o t ; examined coins 964 were , f and 17 0 ,: rude and then unknown It has since be e n • that these last are (ype. aBCertaltien 111., 19 of John of Scotland, l u :own in history as William the Lion. Obverse a crowned heat; hl pi ofile to the left (in one or two instances to the flee!), with cold Roman nose, moustache, and beard. Leget d : LE net Sailenver:pennies of William I . winlitt : E (sometimes) ivrialtz (or) WILELMYS. Reverse a eh.rc double cross; i n -- eiten augle a star-like ornament , aryingof in five, different oix Pieces, in f orm a nd size, from mullets to stars or seven rays, and even to the likeness ot spur-rowels. Legend usually HvE eyAveen, followed in some cases by a tow ille gible characters deno tin g the t aint town, v ter froo of Antiquities who commu te solicitor to the Treasu r y , ho f which the o n l y one i s ON ED14E.1013. (Edi n burgh). Y esterda y (Thursday) morning the Fellow o n i ca ted the circum stances of the find to the C lown h of which the follo win g is a copy ;_,,, , r reasury, 17th Augu st, 1864, Treasury T rove, Eccles. Sir,- _Your o authorities the received vedSociety a lat Your letter of the 12th August, instant, on the above subject has been referred to me by the Lords of her Majesty's Treasury. I apprehend that, under the circumstances stated the coins found are unqueetienably "Treasure Teevo,,, and as such the property of her Majesty, by virtu e of the Royal prero gative; There is no Act of Parliament under which the droVet 4 s this if 4 deriVed. Her Majesty is entitled under the Common Law of tt gland. I am authorised by the Lords of her Majesty's Treasu r y to mitred that you will trans mit to me the treasure if; some safe convveyance. totit applieation en behalf of the finder will be considered when ray Lords shall have cie!.ermined as to the disposal of the coins,--I ate ..; I ..ri your obedient ser-, vent, R. R. REYNOLDS, Solicitor, her Majesty's Treasn::7•' It only remains to add that a thorough washing aridetzleans ingot the coins from the clay adhering to them has retlrteed .he weight by more than one pound avoirdupois, so that the number (estimated by weight only) will not be so large as at first supposed.--Manchester Guardian. HORRIBLE SCENE AT A CIAOL.--The Montreal &raid describes a horrible scene which was recently witnessed in Canada. The courthouse and prison of St- Scholastique caught fire, the flames spreading with great rapidity. The prison contained six prisoners—three men and three women, The men were with difficulty rescued. The women could not be reached. One of them appeared at a window and piteously implored, "Mon Dieu sauvez nous 1 sauvez nous!" To relieve her was now beyond the power of man. Men, women, and children who were spectators of this scene fell on their knees, praying the I Almighty to pits her. On the topmost step of a fragile ' ladder were the feet of the Rev. Mr. Barnabe, with hands clasping the iron bars, imploring the poor creature to pre pare to meet her God. Here, at the risk of his life, he gave tile dying creature the last consolation of his Church. Ere it was completed the black smoke became red, and in it the poor girl fell back to be neither heard nor seen again. Her mother and sister were victims with her, but, neither of them was seen or heard from outside; suffocation, no doubt, came early over them. These three women had boon confined for dotrqing t newly-born infant. . SEARE MARKETS—This day. Railways. 3.14.1 Wol., and Str. Val. Blythe and Tyne. Itcst.,Sleat.,andMid.Co I Bristol and Exeter Caledonian f_ork and Bandon Cornwall Do A A ge ts no div n o. B till 6p c.p au. has been paid to B. Dublin A Belfast Juno. Oun.,Perttn&Ab. June. Edinburgh & Glasgow. Glasg. and S. Western. Great Eastern, Ord. stk Ditto A stock Ditto East Anglian st Great N or thof Scotland I Great Northern.. Do A stock Do B do S. and W. of Irelan , Great Western Do Str Val gua. stock Lancashire & Yorkshire Louddn and Blackwa I Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & So%th Western Man., Shet., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Dot shares.. ‘ l`gropolitan '";dland Do i...`" ° • t-s D o 8irm :L^T.......er , 4 said. Gt . W. of'relan(i Do. i shares Slid Kent ... Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwio- Do, G.N.E. purehasi Do Leeds Do York Do Carlisle North London Do New . North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stook' Do Scot. Mid. stock Shrews. and Welohpoo , Shropshire Union South DeTon. ..... South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun staines,Wok.,andWok Stockton & Darlington P. 16.4 Do Do New, 1886 Taff Vale.. . Do B Do C Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Viotoria sta. and Pim Waterford Kilkeuuy West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Ilar.&11 1 West hildigutd -Oxford! Do Newport Do Hereford' ORDINARY SHARES AND STOoKS. Closing Busines. , Paid. Price. done. 13? 1481 691 it 1171 I I'2) 137 61- 55 i 37 90 i 891 BRITISH POSSE nekilwaytt It'antic & St Lawrene , Born„ltaroda,t,Cent Ind Gu. syer cent... 80. New . . Do. E. Shares... Bunalo and LIKe Huron Do. Preferunoe Buffalo,Brant,&Godrich 16 p. ot. bds. Aug. 1, Do. do. July 1, 187 ,1 Do. do. June 1, IN., Clcutta.a S. Eno tn. (Li Cape Town t Dock Sari Eastn. Bengal go. 3 p. East Indian. vu. 5 p. a. Do. do. ( Ext..... Do. do. 11 do. Grand Trunk of Canada Do. tat Pref. Bonds.. Do. do, deterred._ Do. 2d Pret. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred.....„ , Do. 3d Pi ef. stook Do. do. deferred- Do. 4th Pref. stook... Do. do. deferred...." t.lndisPenta.gua.sP.o Do. blew gua. 5 p. a... Do, Jantiry, 1862 (It. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt. W, of Canada Shar et, Do. New .. •• • Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. Do. 54 p. o. do. '77-8.. Indian Branch Limited Madras guar., 5 p. a. Do. 41 p. o. Extension De. 44 d 0........ Do. Fifth Extension. lielb•Corp. A p. o. Bnds 31c1b. it Hobson's Bay. Do. 7 p.c. &long. Bds. Igewßr LIE synok a Candy. Class A and B. N. Rl.C'da6 po let t bds Soinde Do. Delhi t Do. do Do. Punj ttub .. .. Do. DU.. •• • • •• •• Do. Endus.St. Flo. 86 48 126 127 6 7 35 36 16 17 8) 91 110 112 47 48 7 7} 132 MI 148 144 131 33 CO 02 691 7U 117 1176 66 63 104 ,C 3 91 43 116; 117} 98 09 , 64 66} 1.2} 114 126/ 13711 108 110 n4i 65i 2 5 ; f,6i 1056 ICDDI 04 66 83 91 126 129 76 78 10 11 126 130 39 41 67 59 95 t 7 ioj 91 101 103 7 8 37i 381 1 0 & 8 9 105 170 6 7 3 4 r - - tOl IC4 84 36 Paid. all Closing Price. 58 60 101 102 too all 60 62 all 100 (10t, I 100 2 1 all 10: ISIONS. 610 p 54 4 8i 75 80 75 60 75 80 97 49 94 95 102 104 101 102 101 :04 19i 6 P 19 2) 71 73 60 63 60 66 55 57 48 5 ,1 43 45 27 29 26 28 1014 1024 par gg toi Pi Pi Ilit '• 89 91 82 81 d if , 99 3 / 4 100 3 / 4 93 95 9) 92 E 5 82 84 1001 ICji 99,) IC•Oq id par 9dl 100 i 94 co Business don New Arrivals at the Zoologicid Gardens. The following interesting letter from the pen of Mr Frank Buckland appears in the Times :—" Those who are unfor tunately obliged to stay in London at this time of year may possibly like to know that many additions have recently been made to the Zoological Gardens, Regent's-park. Mr Thompson, the head keeper, not long since took out with him to India a consignment of fallow dear, American rheas, pheasants, peafowl, Californian quails, various kinds of ducks, &c., and landed them at Calcutta without a single death. He has lately returned from Ca'cutta, bringing back with equal success a large number of rare and valu able animals, which are presented to the Zoological Society by the Baboo Rajenda Mullick, Mr A. Grote, and Mr W. Dunn. A list of these Mr Bartlett, the resident superin tendent, has given me; they are three fine specimens of young rhinoceros, one rhinoceros hornbill, two concave casqued hornbills, green-necked peafowl from Tharmah, sundry very handsome Indian pheasants, besides other smaller birds, and two very large tortoises. One rhinoceros has been sent to the Dublin Zoological Society, the other two are in perfect health and condition, though the original rhinoceros is somewhat jealous of the attentions the illus trious strangers receive from visitors. The height of the male rhinoceros is 4 6 et 3 inches, of the female 4 feet; the the length of the male 9 feet 8 inches, of the female 9 feet 4 3 / 4 inches; the girth of each being about 8 feet. One of the tortoises is a gigantic specimen, its weight being about 150Ib, and its girth 6:t. It seems very active and lively this warm weather. The large hornbills, which are placed close to the pelicans, are magnificent birds, and welt worthy observation. Besides these Indian creatures the viaitora should examine the little chamois, which has lately been born in the gar dens; it is about the size and shape of a small kid, and, although so young, is nearly as active as its mother. In the curious house which the beaver has constructed for it self Mr Bartlett informs me that the mother has laid up a nest of young, one of which came out fur the first time into the pond on Saturday last; another having died in the nest some days ago, the parents brought it ou t and laid it on the bank. I had hoped to have been able to report that the new pond contained a very large sturgeon, for on Tuesday last Mr. H. J. B. Hancock and Mr. Bartlett, learning that i a fine specimen of this fish was tethered in the rivet : Severn at Tewkesbury, went down to fetch it; with much diffi culty and labour they succeeded in bringing it alive as far as Paddington, where it unfortunately died, and was, I re gret to say, transferred to Mr Groves's shop at Charing cross, and not to the comfortable pond, where we had hoped it would have lived many months. The weight of this splendid fish was 2251 b., and it measured no less than 8 feet 9 inches in length. I found that it contained an enormous mass of roe (such as is manufactured into caviare by the Russians), which weighed 421 b., and which, as a calcula tion showed, contained no bes than 1,881,600 eggs. The visitors should not forget to examine the young salmon and trout which were hatched last year in the gardens, the salmon averaging 5 inches, and the great lake trout no less than 8 inches in length. They are perfect beauties, and it is quite a treat to look at them." AN ENGLISH LADY DROWNED IN LOCHAWE.— On Saturday the inhabitants of this sequestered district bordering on the lower end of Lochawe were startled with rumours of a young lady having been drowned while bathing in the loch. Oa inquiry the painful tale was found to be too true, 'r he unfortunate lady was Miss Grove, the daughter of an eminent member of the English bar of that name, who, with her mother and some other members of the family, had come a short time ago from the south to spend a few weeks in the Highlands. The occurrence was rendered all the more distressing by the painful catastrophe having been witnessed from the shore by the poor girl's mcther and sister. From the fact cf Miss Grove being able to swim, it is suppsed that cramp or some attack of a like nature must have been the cause of the melancholy accident. Miss Grove was 20 years of age, and was about to be married. FALL FROM HITh STANTON CLIFFS.—A terrible accident occurred at Hunatanton, St. Edmund's, yesterday morning about 2 o'clock. William Oldfield, a photographer, having fallen asleep or the top of the cliffs, about 200 yards to the eastward of the Lighthouse, rolled over and fell to the rocks below, about 65 feet. The only marvel is that he was not killed instantaneously. At about 7 o'clock he was found among the rocks by a Mr Milne, and an alarm being given, assistance was speedily procured from the Co tstguard station, and he was removed to the town. Though very badly,injured, he was still alive, but it was deemed necessary to send him to the West Norfolk and Lynn Hospi , al by the 10.30 train. A letter from Toulon of the 12th published in the gessenger du lifidi says that the stage coach which arrived there that morning from St. Tropez was forced to travel all night through fire. All the forests to the right and left of the road from Mede to Hyeres were burning over an extent of 12 miles. At the hill of Grateloup, where the passengers found it necessary to alight and walk in order to relieve the horses, they were forced to traverse a complete furnace, and the fir cones which fell under the horses' feet and on the travellers rendered their position ex ' tremely dangerous. But there was no time for reftiction, for they Here compelled to quicken their pace in order to avoid being roasted alive. the following evening the horizon was more clear. The fire was still burning, but it was further off, and it was driven to 'yards the sea by the mistral, which was blowing with terrific violence. The last accounts state that the fire in the forest of Reyest was extinguished by the troops sent from Toulon for that purpose. ._ . .. . ... ..... An ingenious "calkerlator," in Jefferson county, New York, has been " footing " up some of the losses of the war; andlthe result of one section of his calculations amounts to these fac!e :—That enough men have already been slain to encircle the entire gate of New York, if their dead bodies were laid in one continuous line ; that if they were placed in coffins and corded, they would count 39,0,0 cords; that if laid in a wall 25tt thick, and 30ft high, it would be over a mile in length ; that if piled on a ten-acre lot, they would be nearly 200 ft high; that if laid upon the ground, they would cover every toot of soil in Jefferson county; and, finally, that 75,000 tons of human blood have been spilt fn Dixie's Land—enough to turn every spindle in Lowell. Nay, if the tears were added to the flood, it would turn the machinery of the entire continent; and the un availing sighs would fill every ocean sail. A NEPHEW SUED BY HIS UNCLE FOR FUNERAL EXPENSES —A case of an unusual and rather extraordinary character came under the notice of the judge of tne Mau cheater County Court, on Tuesday, in which the plaintiff, Thos. Wilkinson, a shuttle maker, residing in Tibe-street, sued his nephew, Joseph Robinson, engine driver, Hyde road, to recover 12 10s, a third share of the expenses con nected with the burial of the plaintiff's brother, who died insolvent. Mr Hodgson appeared for the plaintiff, wh , deposed that on the night of the funeral, on the sth of Feb ruary, an agreement was entered into between the plaintiff, another brother, and the defendant to divide the expenses. The brother paid his share, and the defendant promised to do the same ; but on being applied to he said he had consultee his wife, who wos of opinion that the twu brothers were the parties liable to pay, and that the nephew ought not to be called on. The defendant, on being sworn, denied that he had ever made the promise alleged; but his Honour thought the balance of testimony lay on the other side, and gave judgment for this plaintiff for the amount claimed. MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF A MAN AND WOMAN.— On Tuesday evening great excitement prevailed throughout the city of Worcester by the discovery of two bodies—a man and a woman—in the river Severn, close under the bridge. The deceased, a bargeman named Wm. Crumpton, and a woman, Ann Scarp, bosh apparently between thirty and forty years of age, have for some time past been living t gettter as man and wife. They were missed in the morning, but no fear as to their fate was en tertsined by their friends till the middle of the day, when information was given to the police, and the river was searched by some watermen, who succeeded in find , ing two bodies under the first arch of the bridge. They were lying in comparatively shallow water together, and had been dead some hours. The bodies were removed to the Bridge Inn, where they await an inquest. There seems to no suggestion of any foul play; it is most probable that b. -lan, who was drunk, fell overboard, and that the the - ho had been drinking, fell over with him in trying woman, w. to save him. CURIoIIS NAL:TICAL EVEN T,—An extraordinary freak of wind and t70:4 occurred at %V tiitehaven last week. About 4 p.m. Captain Dodd, of the brig Astrea, was ''e harbour to the North hauling over the south side of 1.- -rdden lurch, broke her hu rice, when the vessel, making a b. t‘s -td was carried out ro pes, knocked her bowsprit holds out, ,f wind right of the harbour in the face of a gale ~ in. Captain Dodd and his cre w, perfectly astounded, astounded, imagined that then, was nothing for but but a miens volens voyage ; but they had scarcely made up ths'i r minds upon this point when the brig, as suddenly as before, took a turn and ran in on the beach by the buoys. The tide was continually flowing and ebbing during the time in which the Astrea was going through this marvellous performance, and the gale that was blowing seems to have partaken very much of the character of a whirlwind. Whatever it may be called, it was a whirlwind p r actica ll y to the Astrea, which wa s carried out of the harbour as alre ad y described, with out the slightest signal, and as unceremoniously and in de spite of all control, turned and carried back in the direction indicated. Two of the hoppers were carried out of the har hour in the same manner and at the same time,—Cumber land I'acquct. DIY 0 RCE AND RE-MARRIAGE. —The marriage re turns for 1862, which have just been issued, distin • guish the marriage of 28 divorced persons in the year. Ten of these marriages took place in London. Fitteen divorced men married spinsters, and two divorced men married widows; nine di vo rced women were married to bachelo lsors, an d two divorced women to widowers. There was a another instance, occurring at Birmingham, where a man and woman, once husband and wife, but divorced, were re ; married. The number of divorced persons is increasing, and hence these marriages of divorced persons ;ncrease ; the number reported in 1862 was about three times as many as in any previous year. KNOWN THIEVES AT LARGE.:: -I! appears from a recently issued blue book that last year there were in England and Wales at large 5,995 known thieves under 16 ;$l.O of sga, and 28,261 above that age, The Stranding ►f the Steamship Cossae k, On Wednesday t tit ,ruing the inquiry into the cause of the strandin g of the screw steamer Cossack, belonging to Messrs. Bailey and Leetham, was re sumed at the police- , 2curt, Hull, before the stipen• diary magistrate, Mr T. H. Travis, and Capt. Harris and Captain Baker.. The captain's statement was handed in by Mr Summers, but it differed in no way from the def vice made by Mr Summers on Tuesday, and cor Gained no facts which were not brought out in evidence. Testimonials from Messrs 'l'orr, High-street, and Mr Wilkey were put in. Tne Court then z e:tiveted the following jivagment In this case I Lave had the very valuable ssaist sacs of Ciptair a 'Harris and Thlur, and we have considered the -win ile of the evidence that has been given very carefully, and also we have given due at tention to the statement made by the c.ptain. The latter I think it right to dispo,e of first, and I do so in a single word.. It is by simply saying that he puts his defence on three grounds—tint the com passes were defective; that there was a strong cur rent; and that 'the list of the ship also, to sumo extent, tended to produce the disaster which oc curred. We are not satisfied in the slightest degree that any one of these grounds is supported by any evidence whatever. Now, the points that we have looked at chiefly are these—looking at the very dangerous position when off Kulleu iti,which the ship was placed—dangerous, inasmuch as it was a difficult coast to navigate, whether th© captain really used those ordinary precautions which might be naturally expected from persons in his situation. We have been driven to the conclusion that he did not do so, for, with the exception of a look out, which was of very little use when there was such a haze on, no other precaution seems to have been adopted at all. Nu bearings Were taken ; no lead j ud gment afforded by the ce was cast; and, in short, ho appears to have relied upon the eyethevearsytionhsuisffidcitsetnan from l and and his posit t tion altogether. Under these circumstances, though we have given due credit for the judicious course adopted after the accident happened, and we also give due weight to the testimonials as to his former character, yet we feel we are bound to say that Captain Ford has been guilty of a default, and for that I adjudge his certificate be suspended for six months from this day." Two Bathers Drowned at Blackpool. On Tuesday an inquest was held at Marton, near Blackpool, on the body of a man, named Edward Dean. It appeared that the deceased, who was 21 years of age, was a bookkeeper it , Manchester, and that last Saturday he went to Blackpool. On Sun day he, along with two or three other young gen tlemen, proceeded on the shore to Bispham, for the purpose of bathing. They stripped, went into the water, and in a few minutes the parties, with the exception of the deceased, came out. They left him in water not more than two Let deep. When they had dressed he commenced screaming, and eventually tell down into the water. They did not go to him because, ES they alleged, they " had their clothes on." Two or three of the witnesses deposed that there would nave been no difficulty in rescuing the deceased ; for some reason, however, this was not done, and the deceased was ultimately allowed to drown. His body was recovered soon afterwards. One of the :witnesses—Police-sergeant Yorrison—said that shortly after the accident he met a young man, whom he did not know, who told him that a gentleman had been drowned (he meant the de• ceased) ; that whilst on the hills near the shore he heard screams, and thee saw the deceased fall into the water; that he then ran to the edge of the water, but did not go to the deceased, because he had " lost his nerve and was frightened, and would have dirtied his trousers if be had done so." Afterwards he (witness) told him that he should want him to give evidence at the inquest on Monday or Tuesday. The man promisee: to attend ; but be had ascertained that he left Black pool on Sunday. He did not know the name of the man, nor the place he came from.—The Jury re- turned a verdict of found drowned.—On the same day, an inquest a as held at Blackpool, on the body of a man, named Reuben Harrison, who resided at Burnley. The deceased, who was a confectioner, went to Blackpool last Saturday. On Monday he batbed above the pier, and whilst in the water he appeared to swim out a little. He then swam into deep water, but soon afterwards sank, and was drowned. No one was with him, and it would have oeen impossible, under the circumstances, for any one to have saved him. The Jury returned a verdict of accidentally drowned. SHIPPING-THIS DAY. LONDON, Aug. 19.—Windt this day at noon—N.W.; light breeze and fine. SOE TUAMPTON, Friday Morning. Arrived—Laura, from Shuudowail—Juno, from Nord maling—Glean, from Shields—Ripon (steamer), from Alexandria—La Islesange, from Carentan. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Friday Morning. Arrived, Auguet 18—Chieftain, from Archangel— Clemens, from Flushing—Ken, from Riga. Arrived, August 13—Charlotte Stringer, from Arch augel—Waterloo, from R Aterdam. sailed, August 19—B &lent (screw steamer), for Gothen burg—Sir It Peel (screw steamer), for Dunkirk—Rhiue (screw steamer), for Boulogne DEAL, Friday Morning. Anehored—Martha M'Connell, tram London, tor Buenos Ayres. Passed—Sybil, for Port Beaufort—Eas►ern Province (steamer), fur Algoa Bay—both from London—Pioneer 'rum Tarragona for London—Atalanta (brig), I rom Grenada or Newcastle—S , sters of Weymouth, form the north for the west. Bank of England Return,•--Last Evening. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. ;32. for the week ending on 'Wednesday, the 17th day of Aug. 1864: ISSUE DEPARTMENT. otes issued ..._. £:6,593,5;0 Government Debt £11,C15,1C0 Other Securities .. 3,634,409 Gold Coin & Bullion 11,934,9 0 Silver Bullion .... £26,593,50' £26,593,560 BAN kLUE t; i'toprietors' Capi tal £14.553.000 Rest Vublic Deposits (in cluding Exche quer, Savings' Banks, Commis missioners of Na __ :PARTNEENT. Government Seca- Titles (including' Dead WeightAn nutty) £11,877,095 Other Securities 2C,600,541 Notes (bold and Silver 786,197 Coin aonal Debt. and Dividend Ac- counts) 6.145,800 Other Deposits 13,9:,-,446 6even Day and other Bills 526,61 £37,846,200 £37,3413.200 r. MILLER., Chief Cashier, Mtg. 18, 1881. ANOTHER ABSENCE THAT COULD VERY WELL Be SPARED.—The Princess Mathi!de kept away f rom the reception of the King of Spain at St. Clout, it appears , following in this the example of the Prince Napole on . AIRS YELVERTON.—The Hon. Mrs. ieiverton ' whose health has suffered much from the Excitement atten dant upon her recent trials, leaves London to-day on a visit to Mr Yelverton, the uncle of her husband, at Condette, Pas de Calais. GARIBALDI ON THE AMERICAN WAR.—In a letter to the editor of La .Nation Suisse, Garibaldi says :-- i‘ I desire to add my name to the 4,000 citzens of Geneva who have addressed the United States in favour of the main tenano, of the constitution and the abolition of slavery, and I hope in sus do ing , to obtain th e a pprobation of the Liberal press, and of al; my fellow citizens. Glory to Switzerland I The old home of It:: erty deserves to stand in the vanguard of human emancipation. ; From a fatality now weighing on notions, we see great peopi,:s grow less, and even disappear before the lying flattery of deb2otiem, and the champions of freedom become the police of tyranny. Well, let Swit zerland take the lead till nations repent. Tyrants pass away; nations are immortal. What avails a minority? We shall conquer by the aid of our old traditions ; and we shall again see tyranny melt before th e popular phalanx as snow before the sun. We shall conquer because we have right, justice, and brotherhood on our s i de now call the attention of Switzer land to a great fact. The American republics present t o the world the ei cc tacle of the connection of the p eoples. An agg r eosion . Let me against the Peruvian territcry, completed by the SpaLish Bourbons, has raised a cry of shame and vengeance from all her sister nations. If the elder sister of republics wil send one word of comfort to her suffering sister, it wouldl be a striking contrast to the shameful leaguer of tyrants against liberty, which we now see in Europe. Mind this --a Poland swamped by Russia amid the apathy of all is the first step to a return to the barbarism of the milile ages. If the partition disgraced the 18th, the destruction 01 Po . land is a las tin g blot on the 19:h century. 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